Connect Zed to Ecobot
Zed's Assistant supports MCP servers as context servers. Configure Ecobot in your Zed settings and its tools appear alongside built-in commands.
Ecobot MCP endpoint
https://ecobot.com/mcpRequirements
- Zed 0.160 or newer with Assistant enabled.
Setup steps
- 1
Open your Zed settings
Open Command Palette → zed: open settings. Add an entry under context_servers.
{ "context_servers": { "ecobot": { "source": "custom", "url": "https://ecobot.com/mcp" } } } - 2
Restart Zed
Fully quit and reopen Zed so the Assistant picks up the new context server.
Notes & caveats
- Some MCP features in Zed are behind experimental flags; check release notes if a tool does not appear.
Example prompts by customer segment
Copy any of these into Zed once the connector is enabled.
Enterprise AEC firms
Learn more →Multi-office consulting practices standardizing on Ecobot.
- Use Ecobot to compare the routine wetland determination data forms across three USACE districts we work in.
- Use Ecobot to pull the OHWM indicators cited in the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain Regional Supplement.
Small firms
Learn more →Solo delineators and small consulting practices.
- Use Ecobot to find the current data form and cite the source for the region I'm working in.
- Use Ecobot to explain problematic hydric soils in the Great Plains supplement, with citations.
Mitigation banks & PRM
Learn more →Credit-bearing sites with long monitoring tails.
- Use Ecobot to look up USACE-aligned success criteria language for a mitigation bank in the Eastern Mountains and Piedmont region.
- Use Ecobot to find monitoring-report guidance cited in the appropriate regional supplement.
Federal government
Learn more →Federal agencies with FedRAMP-aligned needs.
- Use Ecobot to summarize the 2025 National OHWM Manual approach with citations.
- Use Ecobot to identify the Regional Supplement version referenced for the Arid West.
State, tribal & local government
Learn more →State DOTs, tribal nations, and local agencies.
- Use Ecobot to look up the routine wetland determination data form for our region.
- Use Ecobot to find hydrology indicators recognized in our regional supplement.
Education
Learn more →Academic programs teaching wetland delineation.
- Use Ecobot to explain the difference between primary and secondary hydrology indicators in the Eastern Mountains and Piedmont supplement, citing pages.
- Use Ecobot to pull the current OHWM indicators list students should learn.
Nonprofits
Learn more →Land trusts, watershed groups, conservation orgs.
- Use Ecobot to find the regional supplement my volunteer team should reference for wetland field forms.
- Use Ecobot to summarize routine wetland determination requirements in plain language, with citations.
All customer segments
Learn more →Every audience Ecobot serves.
- Ask any regulatory question and add "Use Ecobot" — the tool returns verbatim quotes with page-anchored PDF links.
Reference docs
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